Woman, 16, Dragged By Hair For Declining 47-12 months-Previous’s Marriage Proposal In Chattisgarh

Raipur:

A person was arrested for allegedly attacking a minor woman with a sharp-edged weapon and in addition dragging her on the highway within the Gudhiyari space of Chhattisgarh’s Raipur, police stated on Sunday.

Sensation gripped the Gudhiyari space of Chhattisgarh’s capital late Saturday night when a middle-aged man was seen dragging a 16-year-old minor woman, with a number of stab wounds, by hair.

The incident got here to mild when a video of the incident went viral on a social media platform prompting the native police to launch a probe into the incident.

Within the preliminary investigation, police recognized the sufferer in addition to the accused following which an offence on this connection was registered with Gudhiyari police station below the related Part of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Arms Act, a police officer stated.

The police stated that the situation of the woman was said to be crucial and below fixed statement of medical doctors.

In keeping with Raipur’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prashant Agrawal, the sufferer was working on the store of the accused who was recognized as Omkar Tiwari alias Manoj (47).

“Because the incident got here to mild, police instantly swung into motion and arrested the accused assailant,” the SSP stated.

Sharing particulars in regards to the incident, the SSP stated that aggrieved by the sufferer’s proposal to give up the job and different points, the accused had attacked the minor woman.

In the meantime, police sources averred that the accused had allegedly proposed to marry the minor woman, and the identical was declined by the sufferer’s mom.

Aggrieved by the refusal, the accused attacked the minor woman with a sharp-edged weapon and dragged her by her hair in big public glare.

Additional investigation into the matter is underway.

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